Radio signals from distant stars suggest hidden planets
Scientists have discovered stars unexpectedly blasting out radio waves, possibly indicating the existence of hidden planets.
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Joshua Shavit
- Oct 4, 2021
Hubble shows winds in Jupiter's great red spot are speeding up
Like the speed of an advancing race car driver, the winds in the outermost "lane" of Jupiter's Great Red Spot are accelerating
Joshua Shavit
- Sep 28, 2021
New cereal box-sized satellite to explore alien planets
The approximately $4 million spacecraft, a smaller-than-usual type of satellite known as a "CubeSat," is as large as a "box of Cheerios".
JJ Shavit
- Sep 26, 2021
Research finds that inner solar system planets were formed through violent collisions
Earth, Venus and the other planets residing in the inner solar systems were likely born from repeated hit-and-run collisions.
JJ Shavit
- Sep 21, 2021
Scientists discover the reason why Mars has no liquid water on its surface today
Water is essential for life on Earth and other planets, and scientists have found ample evidence of water in Mars’ early history.
Joshua Shavit
- Sep 21, 2021
NASA confirms thousands of massive, ancient volcanic eruptions on Mars
Volcanoes can produce eruptions so powerful they release oceans of dust and toxic gases into the air, blocking out sunlight for decades.
JJ Shavit
- Sep 13, 2021
Largest virtual universe free for anyone to explore
An international team of researchers has generated an entire virtual universe, and made it freely available on the cloud to everyone.
Joshua Shavit
- Sep 13, 2021
Ground-based observatories could use starshades to see distant planets
How do we find Earth-like planets outside our solar system? Send a giant structure that blocks starlight so that astronomers can see further
Joshua Shavit
- Sep 7, 2021
New mathematical innovation helps identify distant planet atmospheres
The rise and fall of sunlight reflected off the Moon, as it presents its different faces to us, is known as a "phase curve"
JJ Shavit
- Aug 27, 2021
Alien Life Could Exist on 'Hycean' Exoplanets, Study Finds
When we search for life out there in the galaxy, we base our efforts on what we know. So far, we know only one planet that has yielded life.
JJ Shavit
- Aug 10, 2021
NASA wants you to spend a year pretending to live on Mars
The space agency is embarking on a ‘one-year analog mission in a habitat to simulate life on a distant world’
JJ Shavit
- Aug 6, 2021
NASA's Juno celebrates 10 years with new infrared view of moon Ganymede
The spacecraft used its infrared instrument during recent flybys of Jupiter's mammoth moon to create this latest map.
JJ Shavit
- Aug 2, 2021
The universe likely has trillions of planets made primarily of diamonds, scientists confirm
As missions like NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, TESS and Kepler continue to provide insights into the properties of exoplanets
Joshua Shavit
- Aug 1, 2021
Rocks on Earth hint at the possibility of more hidden water on Mars
A combination of a once-debunked 19th-century identification of a water-carrying iron mineral and the fact that these rocks are extremely...
Joshua Shavit
- Jul 31, 2021
York University planetary scientist puts Mars lake theory on ice with new study
For years scientists have been debating what might lay under the Martian planet’s south polar cap and initially attributed it to water.
JJ Shavit
- Jul 28, 2021
For the first time, evidence found for water on Jupiter's Moon Ganymede
For the first time, astronomers have uncovered evidence of water vapor in the atmosphere of Jupiter's moon Ganymede.
JJ Shavit
- Jul 26, 2021
Researchers develop mini radar to scan the moon for water and habitable tunnels
A miniature device that scans deep below ground is being developed to identify ice deposits and hollow lava tubes on the moon for settlement
JJ Shavit
- Jul 26, 2021
SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket Selected to Launch NASA Probe to Europa
NASA predicts that beneath Jupiter's icy moon Europa lies a salty ocean with more water than all of Earth's oceans combined.
JJ Shavit
- Jul 9, 2021
Changes in Earth's orbit enabled the emergence of complex life
Scientists at the University of Southampton have discovered that changes in Earth's orbit may have allowed complex life to emerge and thrive
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